Dispensing-machine supply



H. H. LAMB.

DISPENSING MACHINE SUPPLY.

H- H- LAMB- DISPENSING MACHINE SUPPLY.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I0. 1920.

Patented Sept. 19,1922.

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DISPENSING MACHINE SUPPLY.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 10, 1929.

1,429,511, PatentedSept.19,1922.

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Patented Sept. 19, 1922.

HENRY HARRISON LAMB, OF FOUNTAIN CITY, TENNESSEE.

i DISPENSING-MACHINE SUPPLY.

Application filed February 10, 1920. Serial No. 357,513.'

for dispensing such articles gratuitously as a matter of convenience, or fora price. In the latter case coin-controlled mechanism should be associated with the dispensing structure. vertisin may be associated with the supplies. fn the form shown in the drawings provision is made for advertising, and the coin controlled mechanism is omitted from the dispensing structure, the delivering mechanism being actuated manually.

In the accompanyingdrawings,

Fig. l is a perspective view of an apparatus in which'my improvement is to be used;

Fig. 2 is an upright section on the line, 22, of Fig. 3;

Fig. 3 is a plan,'the lid or top of the ap-' paratus having been removed;

Fig. 4: is an upright section on the line, 4-4, of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line, 5-5,"of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is an upright section on the line, 6-6, of Fig. 8.

Referring to said drawings, A is the front wall of the bodyof the dispensing apparatus. B is the right hand side wall. C is the left hand side wall. D is the back wall of the body of the machine. E is the base of the machine. Within the base is a floor,

F. A lid, G, extends across the upper end of the machine and is joined to the rear part of the body by a hinge, G On the upper edge of the front wall, A, is an eye, G which extends through a slot, G on the lower forward edge of the lid. A padlock may be placed on the eye, G to secure the lid. An upright partition, H, extends from the side wall, B, to the side wall, C, and

It is also contemplated that a'd' upward from the floor, F, --'nearlyto-the lid, G.

Within the compartment'formed byth-e walls, 13, U and I), and the partition, H, is a removablemagazine, I, in which is a long ribbon, I of paper or similar'pliable material. Saidribbon' is a little wider thanthe length of a match, and on one side of the ribbon are placed matches, I the matches being arranged crosswise and spaced from each other chosen distances and secured to the ribbon by means-of asuitable adhesive or in any other desired manner which will permit the detaching of the matches from the ribbon by themeans here- The ribbon is folded I inafter described. upon itself, the folds runninghorizontally and transversely to the heightof the'magazine. This results in bringing match-bearing faces against each other, To save space within the magazine,fthe folds are so arranged as to allow the matches of a down ward-directed face to extend into the spaces between the matches supported by the next lower upward-directed match-bearing face.

These magazines loaded with a ribbon bear ing matches as described are to be manufactured in quantity and furnished to those who have these dispensing machines. For

charging the machine, the lid, G, is to'be raised and the lower endof the magazine inserted in the magazine c'ompartmentand the magazine-then moved down'ward to the I limit.

B and O. "The upper end of the chute terminates close to the upper edge of the partition, H. F rom "tl'1ere the'chute'extends downward and" forward on a curved course and opens through the port, J ',in'the lower part :of the wall, A, and immediately-behind the forward extension of the base, E. Immediately above and forward of the forward wall, J of the chute is a guide roller, K, which is horizontal and parallel to the upper edge of said wall and is supported by the inner side walls, B and Ch The space between said roller and said edge is only'sufiicient to allow the passing of the paper ribbon, I after the matches, I have been removed from the sheet. The ribbon is inserted between said sheet and said edge with the matches on the lower face of the sheet, so that the forward movement of the A chute, J,is placed forward ofjthepar tition', H, and transversely to the sidewalls,

through the window.

ribbon will bring the matches successively against. said edge. The ribbon can not pass without the removal of the matches from the ribbon. The ribbon is drawn forward, by mechanism to be described, with sufficient force to cause the upper edge of said chute wall to force the match free from the ribbon.

On the front part of the lid, G, is a window, G Behind the Window is a guide roller, K and a feed roller, K which are parallel to the roller K, and are supported by the inner side walls, B and C Immediately below the feed roller, K is a second feed roller, K which bears upward againstthe roller, K The roller, K is also supported in the inner walls, B and G and has a shaft, K extending outward through the wall, B. Outside of said wall said shaft supports a small hand wheel, K adapted to be engaged by the operator for turning the wheel and said shaft-and the roller, K Between the walls, B and B a ratchet wheel, K surrounds and is fixed to said shaft, and a spring pawl, K is secured to the inner wall, B in position to bear against the teeth of said ratchet wheel to prevent reverse turning of the roller, K".

The ribbon is placed beneath the roller K, and over the rollers K and K and between the rollers, K and K The engagement of the ribbon between the last two rollers is such as to cause the forward movement of the ribbon when the roller, K is turned by turning the hand wheel, K clockwise as viewed in Fig. 2. I

The space between the front wall, A, and the chute, J, is a chamber into which the ribbon is deposited after it has passed the rollers.

- The ribbon passes behind the window, G and so closely to the latter as to clearly expose the upper face of the ribbon to view Advertising may be placed upon the upper face of the ribbon, the face opposite the face to which the matches are attached. While the machine is at rest, the advertising which is opposite the window remains exposed to view, and Whenever the'hand wheel is turned to draw the ribbon forward to release a match for discharge through the chute, other advertising surface on the ribbon will be brought to view be iind the window.

, The matches or similar articles are preferably attached to the ribbon, T, by lines of adhesive, 1 extending lengthwise of the ribbon, so that the adhesive makes only a limited engagement with the matches. Two such engagements between the match and the ribbon will ordinarily be sufficient. The material of the ribbon will have to be so strong and the adhesive will have to be so weak as to avoid tearing the ribbon during the detachment of the matches.

I claim as my invention,

1. An article of manufacture for use in a dispensing machine, said articlev comprising a flexible ribbon and matches arranged transversely to the ribbon and secured to one face of the ribbon by adhesive holding the match by a. force which is less than the force which would be required to tear the ribbon or to breakthe match, substantially as described.

2. An article of manufacture for use in a dispensing machine, said article comprising a flexible ribbon and matches arranged transversely to the ribbon and secured to one face of the ribbon by means holding the match by a force which is less than the force which would be required to tear the ribbon or to break the match, substantially as described.

3. As an article of manufacture for use in a dispensing machine, a magazine comprising a receptacle and a flexible ribbon and matches secured transversely to one face only of the ribbon by means permitting removal of the matches by a force which is less than the force which would be required to tear the ribbon or to break the matches, the ribbon being in the receptacle and folded back and. forth upon itself to bring parts of the match bearing face of theribbon toward each other and the matches on each such part extending into the spaces between the matches on the opposing such part, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name, this 30th day of January, in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty.

HENRY HARRISON LAMB. 

